Yes of course I am because my drawings are not anchored to a certain place and time, although they spring from local concerns and pains. But they are part of a comprehensive human art that touches the feelings of people all over the world. The works of the artist Mr. Charlie Chaplin are a clear example of what I mean.

Farzat described his favorite target as “this whole world with its contradictions” and said that he doesn’t use text, in general, because: “A comment would push the picture in the frame of local understanding of the language. Hence, my pictures aim their criticism at the practices without any written language, this makes them a humane art talking in all languages.”

In both the interview with Davis and another with Sabah Hawasli, the specter of Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali’s assassination was raised. Certainly, Farzat was aware of the danger.